The prospect of a hard border between the north and south has been the subject of protests in Dublin Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesEuropean Union citizens will be able to cross the Irish border into the UK without any immigration checks after Brexit, ministers admitted today. In a position paper on future border controls in Northern Ireland, the government said that it would preserve the Common Travel Area (CTA) between the north and south of Ireland. This is despite Ireland remaining part of the EU and accepting the free movement of citizens from the bloc. Critics said this could offer a “back door” into the UK for people from the European Union after Brexit. “The operation of the land border between the north and south should be none of their business.…

Source: The Times August 16, 2017 16:07 UTC